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USDA Announces More than $2 Billion to Strengthen Specialty Crops Sector, Expand Crop Storage for Producers Following 2024 Natural Disasters
Support is available to producers nationwide, and will significantly assist producers of citrus and other specialty crops in the Southeast…
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USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for Virginia Disaster Areas
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that people recovering from Tropical Storm Helene may…
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Biden-Harris Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act Tops $1 Billion in Clean Energy Investments to Nearly 7,000 American Farms and Rural Small Businesses
Latest Investments Will Bring Clean Energy, Lower Costs and New Jobs through 1,147 Farm and Business Projects in 40 States…
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USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for South Carolina Disaster Areas
Four More Counties in Florida Also Now Eligible for D-SNAP, Increasing Coverage Area Previously Announced on Oct. 21 WASHINGTON, Nov.…
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USDA and Reinvestment Fund Invest Nearly $6 Million to Increase Equitable Access to Healthy Foods Across Country
As Part of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, Funding Will Help Grocers, Markets and Other Organizations Provide Healthy Food Options…
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Biden-Harris Administration to End Online Junk Fees for Low-Income Families Paying for School Meals
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2024 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that students eligible for free and reduced price school…
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USDA to Issue More than $235 Million to Farmers Hit by Natural Disasters, Including Hurricane Milton
Assistance includes $143 million for crop and forestry losses due to Hurricane Milton, $92 million to offset grazing losses due…
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USDA partners with states to conserve private forestlands as part of Investing in America agenda
$265 million from the Inflation Reduction Act will conserve 335,000 acres of private forests WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2024 — Today,…
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Visits North Carolina to Highlight Federal Resources Available to Help Farmers, Families and Communities Recover from Hurricane Helene
ASHEVILLE, NC, October 25, 2024 – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today visited Asheville, North Carolina, to hear firsthand from…
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USDA Forest Service announces open grant opportunity to strengthen forest products economy and forest sector jobs as part of Biden-Harris Investing in America agenda
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2024 — Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced it is making up to $34…
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